Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 105

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Wyoming Hunt Area 105 covers 228,962 acres and lies 33 miles north-west of Cody and 45 miles west of Byron. 83% of it is public land, mostly national forest (71%) and BLM (9%). In 2025, 347 people hunted mule deer here and took 114 — 33% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 20 nonresident tags here for 1 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):53 Applicants:108 Mule Deer success (2025):33% Public land:83% Size:228,962 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 105, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

105-1 Any deer 3 tags · 61 applicants · needed 19 pts · Regular

2% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
105-1 Any deer 3 tags · 29 applicants · needed 19 pts · Special

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
105-1 Any deer 8 tags · 3 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
105-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 19 tags · 14 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
105-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 20 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
105-1 ↗ Any deer	2% Point builder	0%	19 +7 since 2023	3 / 61	Regular	Oct 1 – Nov 20, 2026
105-1 ↗ Any deer	0% Point builder	0%	19 +8 since 2021	3 / 29	Special	Oct 1 – Nov 20, 2026
105-1 ↗ Any deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	8 / 3 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1 – Nov 20, 2026
105-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	19 / 14 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Sep 1 – Dec 31, 2026
105-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	20 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner reduced price	Sep 1 – Dec 31, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice: Wyoming lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Regular license	$389	$15	$410.50
Special license	$1,215	$15	$1,236.50
Reduced price license	$49	$15	$70.50
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50
Landowner reduced price license	$15	$15	$36.50

Application window: opens Jan 2, closes Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunt Area 105 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 105 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

National Forest 162,287 ac · 71%
Private 39,387 ac · 17%
BLM 21,322 ac · 9%
State land 3,508 ac · 2%
Other public 1,692 ac · 1%
County or city land 69 ac · 0%
National Park Service 4 ac · 0%

Source: BLM WY Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Wyoming's figures are estimates from a voluntary post-season survey of license holders, extrapolated to every license issued — not a count of animals checked in.